[hpsdr] Janus & Ozy.

[Philip Covington]

This is true.  TAPR has not officially announced any numbers so it is
all speculation right now.

Phil N8VB

On 11/9/06, Steven Wilson <stevew at intrinsix.com> wrote:
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> This whole thread started out with "I've heard it's going to be in the neighborhood of $500 for the two." which is an un-attributed source.  Might I suggest we put aside the discussion until we actually hear from TAPR what they expect the cost to be.  That way we can all get excited about the real numbers!
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> Murray Lang wrote:
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> > It seems to me unrealistic to think that the boards should be much cheaper.
> > Quality 24bit sound cards alone are quite expensive despite the advantage
> > of mass market volumes. We could wait a few years I suppose until complete
> > SDRs are on a chip - boring.
> >
> > Murray
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> > At 05:18 AM 9/11/2006, Rob Frohne wrote:
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> >> Woh!  I hope you are not correct with that $500 estimate.  I also hope
> >> there are bare boards available for those of us who prefer to build our
> >> own.  $500 is way out of my price range.
> >>
> >> With samples, I expect it should be more like $100 if  you build your
> >> own.  I don't have a good idea of what it would be without samples
> >> though.
> >>
> >> Using a temperature controlled toaster oven, it is pretty fast to build
> >> these boards, and the solder connections are so much better than
> >> anything I can do by hand.  Here I have the capability to make solder
> >> stencils as well.  I could make a few of them, and then builders could
> >> use them to put the solder paste on, and then mail them to the next guy
> >> on the list who would do the same.  All the folks would need to have
> >> their parts all on hand when they do the solder paste application,
> >> because the paste doesn't stay nice for too long after you apply it.
> >> (You need to bake it the same day.)  My assembly language class project
> >> this quarter is to make temperature controllers for the cheap toasters
> >> found in WalMart to use them for soldering.  The total parts cost is
> >> around $100 for those.  Wouldn't it be more fun to build your own
> >> toaster oven soldering station, and then build your Janus and Ozy boards
> >> with it than to purchase Janus and Ozy already built already by TAPR or
> >> whoever?
> >>
> >> I noted that the original Atlas boards that were distributed by
> >> volunteers were much cheaper than the ones from TAPR.  I guess we are
> >> now paying for the packing and kitting hassles by going to TAPR.
> >>
> >> 73,
> >>
> >> Rob, KL7NA
> >> On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 09:57 -0600, Cecilio Bayona wrote:
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> >>> jeffrie cook wrote:
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> >>>> Hi All,
> >>>>
> >>>> I have Atlas and Pinocchio at the ready, and understand from looking at
> >>>> WiKi that Janus and Ozy will be ready during the first quarter of 2007,
> >>>> but haven't been able to find any estimate of price for those two
> >>>> assemblies, has anybody any idea.  Rather relieved that they will only
> >>>> be available as completed assemblies.  Great stuff and thanks from Jeff
> >>>> Cook G0AFQ.
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> >>>>
> >>> I've heard it's going to be in the neighborhood of $500 for the two. I
> >>> hope not, that is so far away from the initial goal of this group.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> --
> >> Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E.
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